African Bitcoin Ecosystem
Welcome to the Africa Bitcoin Ecosystem Infographic (updated Q3 2024), here you can get a visual breakdown of Bitcoin projects, communities, and initiatives across the continent. Bitcoin has taken root in Africa, home to some of the world’s most innovative and dynamic Bitcoin communities. This page highlights key players contributing to Bitcoin’s growth on the continent. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or simply curious, this page provides the latest developments, trends, and opportunities in Africa’s Bitcoin ecosystem. If we’ve missed your Bitcoin community or project, please let us know by filling out the provided form.
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Benin
Media
Bitcoin Mastermind
Bitcoin Master Mind is an annual Bitcoin conference held in Benin. It is basically hosted and targeted to convene French speaking countries in African Bitcoiners.
Community
Bitcoin Benin
Bitcoin Benin is a Bitcoin community based out of the heart of Benin. it is solely into Bitcoin education and awareness in Benin and West Africa, also mostly targeting French speaking communities.
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Cameroon
Education
Bitcoin Kids
Bitcoin kids is a Bitcoin platform dedicated to teaching kids about Bitcoin. They produce Bitcoin materials suitable for children and kids, helping to orange pill them young.
circular Economy
Bitcoin Mountain
Bitcoin Mountain is a Bitcoin circular economy and building a Bitcoin community growing in the South Western region of Cameroon around Buea mountain.
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Dr Congo
Mining
Big Block DC Bitcoin
International Bitcoin mining ASICS distributors.
QRB Labs
QRLabs is an energy company that harnesses and monetises stranded energy by channeling these energies into Bitcoin mining.
Business
Ndonge
Ndonge is a Business based in Congo that runs on the blockchain and equally accepts Bitcoin as one of its form of payments.
- Education
Bitcoin Jamii
Bitcoin Jamii is a Bitcoin circular economy in Congo. It is a community of Bitcoiners growing an economy that runs on Bitcoin, orange pilling people.
Tech Meetups
Bitdevs Goma
Bitdevs Goma is a community of developers and techprenuers in the Bitcoin field based solely in that region. It convenes developers, and every tech personnel from Goma who wants to build products in the Bitcoin space.
Conference
Kiveclair
Kiveclair is a Bitcoin community in The Republic of Congo fostering Bitcoin education and adoption. They also host meetups and onferences where Bitcoiners and Enthuisasts alike convene to share ideas about Bitcoin.
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Ethiopia
- Mining
- Hashlabs Mining
HashLabs Mining is a Bitcoin renewable energy mining firm based in Ethiopia. - QRB Labs
QRLabs is an energy company that harnesses and monetises stranded energy by channeling these energies into Bitcoin mining.
- Community
Bitcoin Birr
Bitcoin Birr is a Bitcoin community in Ethiopia which propagates Bitcoin education and orange pilling activities across the country.
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Ghana
- Community
Bitcoin Cowries
Bitcoin Cowries is a Bitcoin community based in the heart of Accra Ghana. It's focused solely on Bitcoin education, elightenment and general Bitcoin awareness. It is facilitated by an adernt Bitcoiner, Kumi Kansah.
- Education
Bitcoin Dua
Bitcoin Dua is a Bitcoin community based in Agbazue Ghana. The purpose of this community is to drive Bitcoin education and to grow a Bitcoin economy within the Agbazue locality, driving up Bitcoin day to day usage.
Bitcoin Dua
Bitfiasi Initiative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive financial education to women in Africa, emphasizing the use and mastery of bitcoin as a means for achieving financial empowerment and independence. Their program delivery include workshops, training sessions, and community outreach to help women gain financial independence and improve their economic status.Bitfiasi Initiative aims to build a brighter future for women and their communities.
- Circular Economy
Bitcoin Brite
Bitcoin Brite is platform building and enforcing a growing Bitcoin economy in Ghana. it doubles as a Bitcoin community to but focused on enforcing Bitcoin economy.
- Tech Meetups
- BitDevs Accra
Bitdevs Accra is a community of developers and techprenuers in the Bitcoin field based solely in Accra Ghana. It convenes developers, and every tech personel from Ghana who wants to build products in the Bitcoin space.
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Ivory Coast
- Media
L'Afrique Parle Bitcoin
L'Afrique Parle Bitcoin is an online Bitcoin podcast domicilied in Ivory coast. The online program covers most Bitcoin related topics as it pertains to French speaking African countries. It helps bring Bitcoin closer to the French speaking communities of Africa.
- Community
Abidjan Bitcoin Meetup
Abidjan Bitcoin Meetup doubles as a budding Bitcoin community in the city of Abidjan. The group regualrly hosts meet up events where Bitcoiners across the city and the country comes together to interact, shsre ideas and learn new things.
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Kenya
- Education
The Core
The Core is a Bitcoin education platform based in Nairobi Kenya. The core runs a 3 month intensive Bitcoin classes for people who wants to learn about Bitcoin across Africa, but mostly in Kenya.
Satoshify me
Satoshify me is an online Bitcoin education platform based in Kenya. They also transalate Bitcoin educational materials to Swahili, the native language of Kenya where it is based.
Bitcoin Dada
Bitcoin Dada is a large Bitcoin community based in Kenya. Bitcoin Dada is fully focused in orange pilling women only, most especially college young women and middle aged women. They host intensive Bitcoin classes and graduate students after a period of classes.
Bitcoin Mtaani
Bitcoin Mtaani is an ornage pilling movement focused on providing Bitcoin education and resources to anyone that seeks to know about Bitcoin. The movement is coming off from Kenya.
- Mining
Gridless
Gridless is a Bitcoin mining agency running Hydro electtrical Bitcoin mining facilities across several countries in Africa.
- Community
BitBiashara
Bitcoin BitBiashara is a Bitcoin movement in Kenya championed by Wangui Murathime. Her aim is enhancing Bitcoin education through practical use of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Chama
We are an organization in Rural Kenya. Our main aim is to build a Self-Reliant Bitcoin community.
- Tech Meetups
BitDevs Nairobi
Bitdevs Nairobi is a community of Bitcoin developers and Bitcoin tech enthusiasts from Kenya, specifically in the capital city of Nairobi.
- Business
Bitcoin Matatu Tours
Bitcoin Matatu tours is a Bitcoin tour agency. They offer Bitcoin toruism services across Africa.
- Business
Bitcoin Babies
Bitcoin babies is based in Kenya. The not for profit organisation focuses on using Bitcoin realized from open donations and support to help nursing mothers and their babies across Africa.
Retail
Tando.me
Tando is a mobile app to let anyone spend bitcoin anywhere in Kenya, just like cash. Buy goods, pay bills, and send mobile money from your favorite Lightning wallet..
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Malawi
- Education
Bitcoin Boma Coalition
Not-for-profit organization building awareness of the economic, social and environmental benefits of Bitcoin for Malawi.
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Namibia
- Business
Easy Sats
Easy sats is a platform that helps individuals who render services get paid in Bitcoin using lightning solution. Theey make Bitcoin payment easy. Easy sats is based in Namibia.
- Mining
Bitcoin Mining Namibia
Bitcoin Mining Namibia is a Bitcoin mining faciltiy based in Namibia.
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Nigeria
Hodl
Cashwyre
Cashwyre is a Bitcoin financial platform based out of Nigeria. Users you can buy, sell and HODl their Bitcoin. They facilitate online Bitcoin transactions and they equally carry out remittance settlements.
Botmecash
Botmecash is a Bitcoin buying and selling platform coming out of Nigerian. It employs modern technology to facilitate quick peer to peer Bitcoin buying and selling and HODL services.
Bitnob
Bitnob is a cutting edge Bitcoin platfrom that facilitates all kinds of Bitcoin financially related businesses, including Bitcoing savings and HODL. This product is coming out of Nigeria too.
- Education
Digi Oats
Born out of Lagos Nigeria, Digioats facilitates general Bitcoin education, research, Bitcoin development and general consultation. They also provides OTC services and Bitcoin Liquidity services.
Bitcoin Pidgin
Bitcoin pidgin is a Nigerian online Bitcoin education platform that uses the popular and unofficial form of English Nigerian English language called pidging English to teach and enlighten locals about Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Yoruba
Bitcoin Yoruba is a Bitcoin education platform domiciled in one of Nigerias top three major ethnic language, the Yoruba langauge. Bitcoin Yoruba is bringing the knowledge of Bitcoin to native Nigerians from the Yoruba ethnicity, translating Bitcoin materials into Yoruba native langauge.
Bitcoin Africa Story
They aim to facilitate the adoption of Bitcoin through Bitcoin Education.
- Mining
Shuga Mines
Shuga mines is a Bitcoin mining firm based out of Abuja Nigeria. Shuga mines operates a sizable Bitcoin mining facilities in the heart of ABuja, Nigeria.
Trojan Mining
Trojan mining is a Bitcoin mining firm based out of the northen region of Nigeria. Trojan mining has a large mining facility operated in a secluded part of the country.
- Tech Meetups
BitDevs Lagos
Bitdevs Lago is a community of Bitcoin developers based in the commercial city of Lagos, Nigeria.
BitDevs Abuja
Bitdevs Abuja is a community of Bitcoin developers and Bitcoin tech enthusists based in the capital city of Abuja, Nigeria.
- Community
Luminous
Luminous.
- Business
Mava Pay
Budding out of Nigerian aswell, mavapay is a Bitcoin financial solution offering Bitcoin remittances nwithin and cross border remittances through Bitcoin.
- Media
- Bitcoin in Nigeria Media
Bitcoin in Nigeria Media is focused on sensitizing the people on the concept of inflation proof, financial freedom, through the use of Bitcoin.
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South Africa
- Circular Economy
Bitcoin Witsand
Bitcoin Witsand is a South African Bitcoin a community creating awareness for Bitcoin as a hedge against irresponsible monetary policies by governments.
Bitcoin Ubuntu
Bitcoin Ubuntu is a Bitcoin education and volunteer community, helping to take Bitcoin education within the creeks of South Africa.
Bitcoin Ekasi
Bitcoin Ekasi is a bitcoin circular economy growing in South Africa. This is a non profit organisation driving the use of Bitcoin across townships across South Africa.
Regular Meetups
Bitcoin Meet-ups Johannesburg
Bitcoin Meet-up Johannesburg is a bi-monthly Bitcoin meet-up happening in Johannesburg, South Africa. This meet up convenes Bitcoiners and people who are interested in Bitcoin every two months to share knowledge and ideas in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Stellenbosch
Stellenbosh Bitcoin Meetup is a monthly gathering of Bitcoiners nd Bitcoin enthusiasts in and around Stellenbosh, helping Bitcoiners connect and to share ideas and opportuinities.
Bitcoin Capetown
Capetown Bitcoin Meetup is a monthly gathering of Bitcoiners and Bitcoin enthusiasts inand around Captown, helping Bitcoiners connect and to share ideas and opportuinities.
Bitcoin Loxion
Bitcoin Loxion is a budding Bitcoin community in Mosselbeay which enhances Bitcoin education and awareness through Bitcoin meet-ups and events in the city.
- Education
Exunomia
Exonumia is an online Bitcoin platform that translates Bitcoin materials into many African languages, making it easy for locals who may not not understand Enflish to be able to still learn about Bitcoin.
Abdeees
Abdeees as the name suggests is a Bitcoin education platform that is based in South Africa. Abdeees is on the mission to teach at least one person from each family in SA about Bitcoin, making it as simple as the english alphabets ABCD.
SimplB
SimplB has been conducting Bitcoin education and training while assisting Family Offices and Individuals to set up 2/3 MultiSig and Bitcoin security solutions. We’ve orange pilled 1000 people.
Tri Bitcoin
Promoting Bitcoin awareness and adoption through this beautiful sport-discipline called triathlon.
SowetoBtc
SowetoBtc is a non-profit initiative that aims to provide Bitcoin financial education to underprivileged South African communities. The program also aims to help onboard small to medium businesses into accepting Bitcoin as an alternative payment system to traditional finance.
- Business
CryptoConvert
Crpyto convert is an online service that helps translate normal random payment QR codes so that they're payable by Bitcoin lightning apps.
BitcoinOnly
Bitcoin Only is a Bitcoin services provider based in South Africa. They offer Bitcoin payment solutions, sell of Bitcoin hardwares and software solutions etc.
MoneyBadger
MoneyBadger makes it safe and simple for merchants to accept crypto payments to help kick start the Bitcoin circular economy..
- Community
Bitshack
Bitshack is a Bitcoin economy growing amongst a small community in Balito South Africa. The community also engages in massive Bitcoin education especially on Bitcoin use cases.
Bitcoin Zar
Bitcoin Zar is a large Bitcoin community located in the city of Cape Town South Africa. Bitcoin Zar is dubbed as the home of Bitcoin where everyone who wnats to know about Bitcoin is welcomed. Bitcoin zar offers Bitcoin education to memebers through several resources and the community runs a few meetups occassionally.
- Hodl
Machankura
Machankura is a Bitcoin platform that enables Africans to send and receive Bitcoin using USSD codes. Machnakura brings access to Bitcoin to people in remote areas of Africa where internet access is not accessible.
Sparrow Wallet
Sparrow wallet is a Bitfcoin Desktop wallet. One of the best Buitcoin desktop wallets in the world, originatiing from Africa. Sparrow wallet offers sophisticated Bitcoin custody solutions for mostly advanced users.
- Tech Meetups
BitDevs Johannesburg
Bitdevs Johanneburg is a community of Bitcoin developers and Bitcoin tech enthusists based in the capital city of Johannesburg, in South Africa.
- Retail
PicknPay
PicknPay is a physical/online shopping platform that accepts Bitcoin payment through lightning. PicknPay is in South Africa.
- Conference
Adopting Bitcoin CPT
Adopting BTC Capetown is a Bitcoin conference that is hosted in cape Town, South Africa. This conference focuses more on Bitcoin solution development in Africa and how to grow them.
- Media
By The Horns
A Bitcoin maximalist podcast, based in South Africa. Your host Ricki, discusses all things Bitcoin from a South African perspective.
Non-Profit
Simply Sow
An organisation supporting abandoned and neglected children through Bitcoin
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Senegal
- Community
Bitcoin Senegal
Bitcoin Senegal is a Bitcoin community based in Dakar Senegal. It's primary activitiy is fostering Bitcoin education amongst locals in Senegal and consequently enhancing Bitcoin adoption.
- Conference
Dakar Bitcoin Days
Bitcoin Dakar is an even in form of a conference held once in a year in the capityal city of Dakar in Senegal. Bitcoin Dakar is cordinated by the Bitcoin Senegal community leaders.
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Sudan
- Community
BTC Sudan
BTC Sudan is a Bitcoin community based in Sudan. The main focus of this community is propagation of Bitcoin education amongst locals in Sudan.
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Tanzania
- Education
Proof of Work Academy
Empowering Schools & Communities in the Kilimanjaro Region through Bitcoin Education.
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Uganda
- Community
Bitcoin Innovation Hub
Bitcoin Innovation Hub is a private Bitcoin organization that is driving empowerment amongst young people, especially young females in Kampala, Uganda. This organization teahces skill acqusation, and financial education to mostly women.
Bitcoin Kampala
Bitcoin Kampala is a commnunity of Bitcoiners in Uganda spreading and fostering a Bitcoin economy across the country, helping businesses adopt Bitcoin as payment.
- Business
Gorilla Sat
Gorilla sat is a Bitcoin tourism agency based in Uganda.
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Zambia
- Community
Bitcoin Victoria Falls
Bitcoin Victoria falls is a growing Bitcoin economy taking place around the tourist attraction center Victoria water falls in Uganda.
Bitcoin For Fairness Zambia
Bitcoin for fairness Zambia is a sister Bitcoin Community to Bitcoin for fairness global, but specifally focused on Bitcoin education in Zambia. Bitcoin for fairness zambia takes Bitcoin education to the locals in Zambia, with more focus on women and young ladies.
- Mining
Quantum Hash
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- Media
Bantu Bitcoin
Bitcoin Bantu is an online Bitcoin podcast hosted in Zambia. The podcast discusses everything and only Bitcoin related topics, It is hosted both in English and the Zambian language.
- Education
BTC Banamayo
BTC_Banamayo is a women-centric Bitcoin organization and com based in Zambia. The community focuses mainly on orange pilling women and young ladies and empowering them with finanicial education through Bitcoin.
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Zimbabwe
- Community
Bitcoin Reach
Bitcoin Reach is a Bitcoin community in Zimbabwe with a focus on Bitcoin education and creating awareness about Bitcoin across South African region of Africa.
- Education
The Metamorphosis Hub
The Metamorphosis Hub is an educational platform for freedom activism and human rights that is advocating for Bitcoin as a shining city of refuge both social and economic and political affairs. They are currently doing Diploma in Bitcoin from Miprimer course and would like to open more doors to Bitcoin Evangelism.
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Africa Wide/Global
- Hodl
Peach Bitcoin Africa
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Bitpension
Bit pension is a platform that facilitates pension and gratuity oayments in Bitcoin. it helps individuals accept their retirment settelements in Bitcoin.
ipayBTC
IpayBTC is an online Bitcoin Peer to peer buying and selling platform, made easy and seamless.
CivKit
Nil.
Stealth Money
Stealth Money is a Financial service platform that helps users buy and save Bitcoin into self custody.
- Education
Lightning village
Lightning Africa is a Bitcoin media platform focused on shining light on Bitcoin lightning netowrk specifically. and teahcing AFricans to embrace Bitcoin and lightning network to break the global payment barrier AFrica has been suffering.
Btrust Builders
BTrust Builders is a Bitcoin development platform focused on training African developers to become Bitcoin developers and equiping them with tool and knowledge to be able to contribute in global Bitcoin development.School of Bitcoin
School Of Bitcoin is an online Bitcoin platform where you can learn anything about Bitcoin. You can equally book for a personal tutor on their website and get someone specifically teaching you about Bitcoin.Crack the Orange
Crack the orange is an online Bitcoin Education Mastery platform. It's a platform that coaches advanced Bitcoiners on different things including Bitcoin career development, Community management etc. Crach The orange is a global platform with a presence in Africa.Bitcoin for fairness
Bitcoin For Fairness is a global Bitcoin organisation fostering Bitcoin education and knowledge development. Bitcoin for fairnes has majority of its presence in South AFrica and Zmabia and are gradually expanding their reach into other African countries.
Trezor Academy
Securely store, manage, and protect your coins with Trezor hardware wallets, app & backup solutions.
- Retail
Sats2Data
Sats to Data is a Bitcoin online platform where users can top up their mobile phones and buy data using Bitcoin lifhtning technology.
- Conference
African Bitcoin Conference
African Bitcoin Conference is an African wide Bitcoin conference that convenes Bitcoin enthusiats, and non Bitcoiners who are interetsed in Bitcoin across, Africa in a 3-day event where ideas about Bitcoin are, new Bitcoin products unleashed and connections are made. Africa once every year. This program started in Ghana and has mostly been hosted there.
- Non-Profit
Recursive capital
Recursive Capital is a Nigerian based Bitcoin Funding agency. Recursive capital provides grant and funding to Bitcoin start ups across Africa.Human rights foundation
Human Rights foundation has a branch of it that provides grants to budding Bitcoin products, solutions and businesses. They have funded a lot of African Bitcoin organisation, products and solutions.Built with Bitcoin Foundation
Built With Bitcoin is a not for profit organisation that uses Bitcoin to bring infratstructural developemnt to remote and local communities of Africa. They build schools, provide clean water sources etc through Bitcoin.Geyser
Geyser is a global Bitcoin funding platform. Geyser helps Bitcoin projects, charities etc raise funding and donations for their works. Geyser bridges the gap in fund raising using Bitcoin and lightning.Btrust Team
BTrust Team is a Bitcoin VC funding agency that funds African Bitcoin start ups and solutions.
- Community
Bitcoineta
Bitcoinneta is a West African Bitcoin active movement springing from Ghana. the community embarks on tours across communities in West African spreading Bitcoin awarness actively.Fedi
Fedi is an African born global platform that helps facilitate growth of Bitcoin communities, integrating community Financial inclusion as a way to helpcommunities use Bitcoin effectively.
- Mining
Gama Africa
GAMA is an association of Renewable energy Bitcoin mining companies in Africa. The organisation is focused at bringing Bitcoin mining organisations in Africa together for easy operation and relationships.BBGS
Nil.
- Business
Bitcoin Flash
Bitcoin Flash is a Bitcoin financial platform facilitating Bitcoin payments and remittances using the lightning network. It is based in.The Bitcoiner Test
The Bitcoiner Test is an industry standard Bitcoin test designed for Bitcoin firms for the sole purpose of testing employees and help ease hiring processes. Individuals alike can take the Bitcoiner test and obtain certificates to proof their understanding of Bitcoin.Africa Free Routing
Africa free routing is nthe biggest Bitcoin lightning routing service in AFrica based out of Lagos Nigeria. AFrica free routing services all parts of Africa, facilitating absolutely free routing services. They also offer channels sales services.
- Media
Bitcoin in Africa Show
The Bitcoin In Africa Show was created to give voice to the leaders of the Bitcoin Movement happening across Africa.Bitcoin Africa
Bitcoin Africa is a Bitcoin news outlet that carries any Bitcoin news coming out of Africa. The media platform reports some glvobal Bitcoin news to the African audience too, keeping African Bitcoiners up to date withc happenings in the Bitcoin world.
The Orange Sun
The Orange Sun is an unsponsored Bitcoin Space hosted on X by volunteers @ToxiKat27 @Bitshack @BitcoinUbuntu, weekdays 6-8am UTC. Founded in 2021 by @SatoshisJournal.
Satoshi's Journal
They provide Bitcoin news and education.